same here, about the book. He never mentioned for instance that he helped evacuate the survivors of a concentration camp at the end of the European conflict. I got that from the regimental diary. you could tell that whoever wrote that, their anger was extreme.
but the stuff he did talk about was funny to say the least, like when he was in Italy and taking shelter in a cellar during an artillery bombardment. it turned out that the cellar was a wine cellar. So in order to deny critical supplies to the Germans, him and his crew decided to destry the evidence the best way possible. he said he was hung over for several days afterward. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have all the letters my father wrote to home when he was in the > Pacific, and his journal that he kept as well. He served on an LST > which hauled troops and equipment used to fix the various airfields > and facilities. He was in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and his ship was > sailing toward Japan when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. He > didn't talk much about the more grizzly aspects of his tour of duty, > although he did share the story of rescuing Filipino men who had been > strung up in trees by the Japanese. > > I would love to turn his story into a book someday. > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I think I do. >> >> Good post btw. One little long term project I've been working on has >> been researching my father's experience in the second world war, from >> marching out of a little Ontario town, then getting sick at the last >> minute and missing the troop transport, which was sunk just off the >> Irish coast, killing most of the young men from that town. Through to >> his experiences in England, Sicily, Italy and North West Europe >> (France, Holland and Germany). Most of the things that happened to him >> he never told. I eventually discovered then in copies of the >> regimental diary or in stuff my mother told me about him. That is the >> sort of thing I'd love to see be published. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308366 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
